Is YouTube Pulling an April Fool's Prank on Us?
posted April 1, 2009 - 11:48amHoping to increase my video views at You Tube to an even more obscene figure, I headed over to watch a clip of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm (my current obsession). Seeing something else of interest in the list of featured videos, I clicked on it only to find the header, the video and all the comments upside down.
Now my first thought was, Oh crap, it's that damn Conflicker worm, I'll bet!. I defused myself of that notion quickly, and figured it had to be just YouTube's way of acknowledging April Fool's Day. Not all the videos are appearing upside down; just some of the featured ones, it appears.
I did a Google search and my suspicions were pretty much confirmed. It seems to be the consensus of everyone who's experienced this topsy turvy occurrence on this internet staple that it's a clever little gag.
I'm not really laughing. Standing on my head in my swivel chair always gives me a damn headache.

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